Muhammad Ibrahim Kamel (6 January 1927 – 22 November 2001) was an

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and politician.

Biography

Kamel was born on 6 January 1927. He studied law at Cairo University and graduated in 1947. He and

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...

, later

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, were both jailed due to their alleged role in the assassination of

Amin Osman Amin Osman, also known as Amin Osman Pasha, (28 November 1898–5 January 1946) was an Egyptian judge and politician who served as finance minister in the period 1943–1944. He was assassinated by Hussein Tawfik, who was connected with the Egypt ...

, former finance minister, in January 1946. Kamel entered the Egyptian diplomatic service in 1956 and served as ambassador to

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

, Sweden and

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

. Kamel succeeded

Ismail Fahmi Ismail Fahmy ( arz, اسماعيل فهمى) (2 October 1922 – 21 November 1997) was an Egyptian diplomat and politician. He served as ambassador to Austria (1968–1971), tourism minister (1973), foreign minister (1973–1977) and deputy pri ...

as the

minister of foreign affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between coun ...

in December 1977 when Fahmi resigned from the office. He was appointed to the post on 24 December 1977 and served as foreign minister until 16 September 1978 when he also resigned from the office. As foreign minister, he took part in the

Camp David Accords The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David, the country retr ...

, but resigned without signing the treaty. Kamel was married to and had two sons. He died on 22 November 2001 at the age of 74.

Works

Kamel published a book entitled ''The Lost Peace of The Camp David Accords'' in 1984.

References

External links

Camp David Accords: A Testimony by Sadat's Foreign Minister

20th-century Egyptian politicians 1927 births 2001 deaths Ambassadors of Egypt to Sweden Ambassadors of Egypt to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ambassadors of Egypt to West Germany Egyptian diplomats Foreign ministers of Egypt Iron Guard of Egypt Egyptian prisoners and detainees Egyptian politicians convicted of crimes Ambassadors of Egypt to Germany {{Egypt-politician-stub